A
pahtawi taak Pastor
October kha sungin biakna
sungah makai, a diakdiak in Kha thu tawh kisai lamhilh mite (spiritual leaders)
pahtawina leh limbawlna in kinei hi. USA gam sungah a tamzaw pawlpi leh biak
innte in October kha kal nihna nipi ni (second Sunday of October) pen “Pastor/
Minister Appreciation” nipi in zang uhhi. Pawlpi pawlkhat leh biak inn
pawlkhat in bel October kha sung, a mau lem ni pen a zang zong om a, October
kha bup pen Pastor/Minister appreciation kha in a zang zong om hi.
“Nang pen a om khinkhian
nam (introvert) na hi a, a hi zaizai nam (extrovert) na hi zongin, pawlpi leh
biak inn sungah panmun leh sepna nei in, na om in (or) na om kei zongin, na pastor/
minister te na pakta in na pakta kei zongin (na deihna om thei, na deihlohna
zong om thei), nang kha thu tawh kisai in an hong vaak Pastor te tungah na
kipahna na lah ding kilawm hi.
Khat veivei pawlpi/ biak
inn sungah Pastor te thu hilhna pen “a thu gen tha ngah ke’ng; thu gen ding pen
kithawi masa buanglo a; thu gen siam kei tak eh” cih bangin gen behna (comment)
piak pen baih lam mahmah hi. Tua bang hun tak ciangin “eite mihing i hih
bangin, a mau zong mihing a hihna uh” kiphawk saklo thei hi. Tua nipi kal bup
sungah a mau tuah khak nate, a phutkhak thute uh kimuh sak khalo thei hi.
Pastor sem mite zong zia
tuamtuam pan hong pai uh a hihi. (Pastors come in all sizes). Pawlkhat pen a “thagol-
thaneu, kum tam- kum tawm, mel hoih- mel hoihlo, kam tam- kam tawm, lungduai-lungtom”
cih bangin mihing pianzia ngeina (personalities) tuamtuam nei tek ding uhhi. Mihing
hihna lahna hi a, khat leh khat kibang sinsen cih om theilo a hih manin “ki bat
sak sawm ding zong hi” hi.
Pastor te pen kha-an hong
vak mite hi a, tua kha-an a ne kha mite in a maute tungah bangci bangin kipahna
lak kik thei ding cih ngaih sut theihna kisam hi. Kipahna lah khiat na ding
lampi tuamtuam om ding hi. Tua sung pan in;
1.
Thapiak na (encourage your pastor):
Nang ma i (nang mah kha-an hong pia) pastor zong mihing mah a hih bangin thanem
hun, lungkiat hun, tawp nop hun om lua hi. An hong pia khat a hih bangin a ma phut
laitak hamsatna te hong gen ding hamsa sa thei hi. A hi zongin, Laisiangtho
tang (verse) khak na, message tawh tha piakna cihte a ngah uh ciangin a tha uh
dim kik baih tuam hi. Tua ban-ah Pastor te nasepna- a diak in biak inn vai cihte
ah, huhna hong nget ma un, kipia khia in vahuhna in zong a maute tha dim sak
mahmah hi.
2.
Mipi mai ah a khengval in phat lua
lawmlawm kei in (show restraint when praising your pastor) –
Na Pastor te phatlo ding, pahtawi lo ding cihna lam hilo hi. Mipi leh lengla
(guest) te mai khong ah a khengval lua in na phat gawp ciangin na pastors te a
dingin nuamlo zaw thei hi. Tua bek hilo, mipi leh lengla te in na pastor te
tungah lam-etna sangpi nei kha thei uhhi. Tua bang in a ki pumphat gawp ciangin
in Pastor te in (i) A mau leh a mau a hi gawp, a lian gawp bangin ki ngaihsun
khial thei hi. (ii) A sepna khempeuh uh a mau a dingin minla (credit) in Pasian
min thanna hi sak khalo thei hi. Kipahna leh pahtawina pen a ciangtan khat tawh
a mau (pastor) te zak ding ciang in gen hiauhiau lel ding hoih hi.
3.
Thuhilhna kupbehna (feedback) piakna:
Pulpit tung pan in Thuhilh (preacher) te in Pasian kammal gen uhhi. A za a ngai
mite in tua thuhilhna tung tawn in thangahna gen kik thei a, Preacher in zong
tua a kigen kik te zakik leh hoih hi. Preacher te zong mihing hi a, gim leh
tawl nei thei uh a, a hoih pen dingin a kigin uh na ngawn khat veivei deih bang
zolo thei hi. Pastor in Pasian kammal hawmsawn, gen khia leh hilh ding a, thu
ngai mite in tua tungtawn in a mau ngaihsutna (thought) kupbehna (feedback)
piakna pen pawlpi sung cidam na hi.
4.
A lialua khuttawi pia kei in (Don’t
give lavish gift): Pumpi ci leh sa tawh om na leitung
ah mihingte in a lialua neih le lam a deihlo omlo hi. A hizongin tuate deih luatna
leh lunggulh luatna in thuman lampi pan in lampial khiatna ding paing sak thei
hi. Pastor te khuttawi a lialua (lavish gift) piak loh ding cih tak ciangin, a
khengval lua kilawmlo cihna hi zaw hi. A lialua khuttawi (lavish gift) piakna
leh ngahna in kiphat sakna, kiliat sakna lungsim piang sak dingin a keep (thau ginna
ding a, a puak masa) hoih penpen suak thei hi.
5.
Thu nget sak in (Pray for your
pastor): Leitung ci leh sa ah an hong vaak mite
pen vaak a om mite sangin cidamna, tha hatna cihte kinap sap zaw a hih bangin, Kha
an a vaak Pastor te zong mipi te sangin Kha sungah cidamna, tha hatna kisam zaw
uh a hih manin thu na ngetsak ding kisam hi. Khasiangtho sathau nilhna kisam
tawntung, Khasiangtho lamlahna, ompihna kisam tawntung uhhi. Thu nget sakna pen
a maute Kha a ding an na piak kikna hoih pen a hihi.
Bang ci bangin Pastor te
pahtawi ding, kipahna lak khia ding cih a kigen tak ciangin, kua bang mite pahtawi
tak pha deuh hiam, kipahna lah khiat ding kilawm pha deuh hiam cih mite lungsim
ah om thei hi. Hih thu pen a hi thei ding mah a hihi. Khua hun kikhelkhel a hih
manin “a man leh a manlo cih bek hi nawnlo in, a phellang man- a phellang manlo”
thu leh sepzia zong tampi om kawikawi a hih man a hihi. Hih a nuai a kigelh thute
tawh kapteh (tehkak) in “pahtawi taak, pah tawi taaklo” cih pen nang mah leh no
mau in na gel tawh thei ding uhhi.
1.
Sathau kinilh/ a ki-ap zo Pastor (an anointed
Pastor): Pasian sapna a ngah taktak cihna a hihi. Sathau
kinilh cih a kigen teh, “Pasian sathau nilh hiam? a beh a phung teng nilh hiam”
ci’n ciamnuih gen zong om kha thei hi. Sathau nilhna ban-ah a ki-ap zo Pastor
pen Pasian tawh kop a sathau kinilh hi ding hi.
2.
Thuman hang tak a tangko Pastor (boldness
to proclaim truth): Pasian kammal deih kaih lo in,
Laisiangtho in “hi a cih te, a hi a tangko, hilo hi a cihte hilo a tangko” mi
kisam hi. Laisiangtho in “tual thahna hoihlo a cih pen, kua kua (kumpi pa a hi phial
zongin) a that leh hoihlo hi” ci’n a hem gen/ a sim gen bek hilo in a tangko
khia mi pen pahtawi tak hi.
3.
Gamtatna ah min siatlohna (integrity
of character): Pahtawina, kipahna lah khiatna pen
vantung gam thu tawh direct in kisai pah samlo hi. Mite a dingin limpha leh
etteh taak cing hihna, gamtatna ah min siatna nei lo mite pen zahtak tham cing,
etteh tham cing hi. A seppih mite siatna ding a sim geelgeel lo mi, a upate a
gensia leh a langpan lo mi, a pawlpi mite tawh a kitawng lo mi, pulpit tung pan
thautang a lawnlawn lo mi cih bangte pen zahtak tham cing uhi. A ma angsung ding
leh a panmun (pastor) sepna a kipna dingin pawlpi mite leh makaite sungah kilemna
a om kimlai, khen nih khen thum a suah lo mite pen mite in zuih taak cing sa
zaw hi.
4.
Cimna leh theihna (wisdom and understanding):-
Pilna leh ciimna pen Topa sungah om hi a, Topa a zong mite in nei hi. Pilna leh
ciimna nei cih mite pen Topa tawh a kizom den mite cihna a hihi. Theihna
(understanding) pen nisim in Pasian hong piak pilna leh ciimna zang in zonna,
kanna pan a theihna hi a, mihingte thu (theih ngei nailoh thute) zong a hunlap
a kan leh a zong mite in zahtak leh pahtawi tham cing uhhi.
5.
Pasian kammal tungah dinbelna (Diligence
on the Word): Pasian kammal pen thuman hi a, thu thuman
tungah a dingkip, tua thuman zonna ah a bel mite pen pahtawi leh zahtak tham
cing hi. Pasian thu, Laisiangtho bulphuh a din kipna a thupi a hihi.
(Laisiangtho deih kaih a khiatna pen a tuam a hihi.)
6.
Thu ngetna a thahat nuntakna (A
strong prayer life): Thu ngetna pen Pasian tawh kizopna ding a
huih dikna (breath) a hi manin thu ngetna a thahat mite pen Pasian tawh kizopna
ah cidam cihna a hihi. Pasian tawh kizopna hoih a nei mite pen Pasian in muang
hi. (Hih mun a, thu ngetna pen “lamka bom a thu ngetna nam, biak inn sungah
mipi tamna ta ta a, aw ngaih buabua tawh thu ngetna nam hilo hi.)
7.
Kiniam khiatna leh nasem lungtang
(humility and a servant’s heart): Vantung Kumpi tokhom a tu
pa, i Topa Jesu mahmah kiniam khiat tawm a hih manin a ma nung nui mite, a ma
nasem mite pen kiniam khiat ding pen limpha lahna a hihi. Nasem lungtang nei
in, mite a ding service piak nopna lungsim in thupha bawlna a hihi. (Pastor pen
pawlpi leh biak inn sungah ukna aanna nei CEO hilo a, Boss lungsim, Manager
lungsim neih pen hoihlo hi.)
8.
Khentel theihna (Discernment):
A hoih a phellang, a hoihlo a phellang a omna leitung ah hih manin tua sunga a
hoih leh a hoih lo khentel theihna neih ding kisam hi. Pawlpi sung, biak inn
sung ah zong “thu hoih leh thu hoihlo” zong Pastor te tungah tampi kitun thei
hi. Thu man leh thuman lo zong tampi kitun thei hi. Tua khempeuh pen khentel
theihna a nei mite pen mi picing leh pahtawi taak cing a hihi.
9.
Kiptak a dinna (Steadfastness): Ei
gen bek man, ei thulo peuhmah thu a lutsak lo, thu simlo cihna a zat ding hilo
a, thu man leh thu manlo- thu hoih leh thu hoihlo kikal a om sim in, a man lam,
a hoih lam ah din kipna cihna a hihi. A lang khat in gen/mut leh hoi zel, tua
khit teh a lang lam in a gen kik teh hoi kik leuleuh cih bang dinmun a om mite
pen zahtakna bei a, pahtawi taak cinglo kisa hi. Pasian thuman tungah kiptak in
a ding mite pen kizahtak in pahtawi tak cing kisa hi.
10.
Lamlahna leh muh kholhna (Direction
and vision): Lamlahna neihna dingin phut khak thu,
tuah khak thu leh sin khak thu kisam hi. (learning experiences). Mailam ah
bangci bangin dinmun tung sak ut, hi sak ut cih gel kholhna nei in Pasian
tungah ap na a nei mite lawhcing a hih manin pahtawi taak cing kisa hi. (Ka panmun
tawh kituak in lamlahna leh muh kholhna ka neih kul ding a hih teh, ci’n a
hilo, a manlo pen len tentan in dihpih, paipih sawm mawk khak loh ding kisam hi.)
October 28, 2024
References
1.
Appreciating your pastor. (2012, October 29).
Our Daily Journey. https://ourdailyjourney.beta.ourdailybread.org/news-for-you/appreciating-your-pastor/
2.
Loudermilk, M. (2021, July 16). The value of a
pastor – more to life. More to Life. https://www.moretolifetoday.net/the-value-of-a-pastor/
